March 5, 2013 9:53 am

Seattle Seahawks owner Paul Allen celebrates the 24-23 victory during the NFL game between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, October 14, 2012 in Seattle, Washington. (AP File photo)

Forbes: “Allen is that rare billionaire who combines passions for sports and science. He owns the Seattle Seahawks (pro football), the Portland Trailblazers (pro basketball) and is a part-owner in the Seattle Sounders FC (pro soccer). The cancer survivor also has a keen interest in neuroscience, having recently lost his mother to Alzheimer’s disease. To date he has committed $500 million to the Allen Institute for Brain Science, which makes public a detailed “atlas” of genes that control the human brain. He loaned his 414-foot yacht, Octopus and its personal deep-sea remote-operated vehicle in an unsuccessful effort to recover the bell from the British warship HMS Hood, sunk in 1941 by the Nazis.”

Mike Silver of Yahoo Sports takes a closer look at six shaky quarterback situations in the league, and what the alternatives might be for each team. Silver’s list includes Jacksonville, Oakland, Cleveland, Arizona, Buffalo and the New York Jets. Silver lists Jacksonville trading for Matt Flynn to create competition for Blaine Gabbert as a possibility.

Nick Eaton of Seattlepi.com talks wit replacement official Lance Easley, who returns to CenturyLink Field for the first time since his infamous call on Golden Tate’s game-winning catch against Green Bay.

ESPN’s Mike Sando takes a closer look at free agent defensive tackle Cullen Jenkins, who visited Seattle on Monday, and is scheduled to visit San Francisco and Oakland.

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Gregg Bell joined The News Tribune in July 2014. Bell had been the director of writing for the University of Washington's athletic department for four years. He was the senior national sports writer in Seattle for The Associated Press from 2005-10, covering the Seahawks in their first Super Bowl season and beyond. He's also been The Sacramento Bee's beat writer on the Oakland Athletics and Raiders. The native of Steubenville, Ohio, is a 1993 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., and a 2000 graduate of the University of California, Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism.

I see where Allen and his sister are being sued by their security team ; something about asking the security team to hide illegal activity , and Allen’s sister smuggling giraffe bones … how weird is that ?

I found the article by Khaled Elsayed regarding over and undervalued players based on performance very interesting. Initially, I have two reactions. First, I have a very difficult time imagining how the Seahawks will be able to keep all of their young talent together. I’d imagine that they will have to keep core players and continue to find “gems” in the draft. (I have faith that the will be successful in that endeavor.)

Second, I have to disagree with a player he considered in the overvalued category.

6. Earl Thomas, S – Cap: $3.7m, PBV: $1.7m, Value Differential: -$2m.

I think that ET3’s presence on the field cannot always be factored in a sabermetric equation. It appears his athleticism and instinct compensates for the shortcomings and miscues of his defensive compadres (such as Browner – who I sense can be a liability at times).

BobbyK, nice article! Thanks for putting the Moffitt situation into perspective. Never really understood what’s driving the turn-style at guard. But now you’ve got me all fired up about interior linemen!

If I’m Bradley, I would definitely trade my 3rd round pick for Flynn. He didn’t draft Gabbert and he shouldn’t want any part of that sinking ship. That guy has some pretty bad awareness problems. He’s a lot more talented than Flynn, but he’s a bad football player, IMO.

hawkinOK/STTBM/flea – thanks. I would have included the Moffitt suspension towards the end of 2011 too, but we are limited to 750 words per article (250 min.).

I haven’t given much thought to any additions/subtractions to our defense in terms of FA’s, but I have to admit Joreb’s thoughts about Goldson and Kam are intriguing. I might have to do some research on G’s coverage and run stopping stats, but personally I always like the idea of taking rom your division foes and adding to your own team. It’s two positives for the price of one.

On the surface the only concern I might have is how would Kam react to the move and how would the rest of our players react to paying a FA big money when so many of them are making far less? But again, the though is intriguing and worthy ofso time researching it.

I like the Fells signing, although I know nothing about him. I just love the idea of a guy with a gigantic body like that. If he’s athletic, who can cover him? I take that back, Kelly Jennings could cover people but he couldn’t ever prevent them from making receptions. Even if people have him covered… he can still make catches if he’s got little people on him. He has the measurables to create mega-mismatches. Low risk – HIGH reward. Maybe it could be a Scott Mitchell thing where he throws lob balls to Herman Moore and completes the passes (although he’s a WR and Fells is a TE).

Where have you seen that Kam fell in the draft because teams wanted to move him to linebacker? I’m curious too, why folks thinks he’d make a good Will backer? He may, but if his main weakness is coverage, then playing Will in nickel puts him in a position to fail.

Bobby congrats on getting published. I share your hope for in-house improvement from our OGs but I do wonder about the above quote. Have you heard or seen a report that Carpenter is 100% healthy somewhere?

That is good news! Thanks. Now let’s hope big Carp stays healthy and begins to show what he is capable of doing, becoming a positive force on that offensive line. Doesn’t hurt to have a pro-bowler on either side of you.

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